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March 2009

Don R. Campbell on The Hour this Wednesday

March 16, 2009 REIN

Don Campbell’s of REIN is going to be on CBC’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos (you’d better believe I used copy’n’paste for that name) to chat the state of the Canadian real estate market. It’s on Wednesday, March 18th at 11pm PST. Check your local listings for showtimes. When I get the chance to watch it, [...]

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48 Things That Matter to Tom Peters

March 16, 2009 Business

Tom Peters is one of the world’s more visible business management gurus. If you haven’t read one of his books yet, you really should. He’s also got a list of 48 Things the Matter, available as a free PDF. I’m sharing the whole list here, but I also wanted to do a little art. Here’s [...]

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The Globe and Mail Drops the Ball on Subprime

March 14, 2009 The Economy

Last night I was surfing through Twitter and one tweet caught my eye. Mostly it was because it was in ALL CAPS which annoys me to no end, but the word ‘canada’ made me mildly curious. The title of the article is “Canada’s dirty subprime secret” and while I was considering a subscription before, this [...]

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March 12, 2009 For REIN Members

Today’s song of the week is by another good ‘ol Alberta Boy, Paul Brandt. It’s his tune Home, and it one of my favorite Paul Brandt songs. (PS…he’s on Twitter too @paulbrandt. Go follow both of us!) The video is all clips from the movie Miracle, but it’s about Dads and hockey sure seems appropriate. [...]

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IMF’s Charles Kramer about Canada Recovery

March 12, 2009 The Economy

The IMF is going to release it’s ‘Article IV’ report early next month, and Charles Kramer (IMF Mission Chief) and Marcello Estevao (his “Deputy in the IMF’s North America Division”) did a conference call to share the main findings. Here’s the three main findings (emphasis is mine). The bottom line is that Canada is positioned [...]

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Canadian Stats, Right Now!

March 12, 2009 Statistics

Now there’s another simple place to find Canadian economic statics. The surprising part is it’s from the Canadian Federal Government. I suppose it’s our answer to the American site Recovery.org. The site is www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca and it starts with a nice simple dashboard for national economic indicators. The nice part is when you click on one [...]

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International Financial Policy Reform and Options for Canada

March 10, 2009 The Economy

You’ll have to sign up for a free account, but the Conference Board of Canada wrote a pretty interesting (but almost 50 page long) analysis of what the international community is doing and/or can be doing to help stabilize the world economy. Click here to download the PDF.

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